Motiva to restart expanded Port Arthur refinery

Motiva, a joint venture of Shell and Saudi Aramco, opened the $10bn expansion in May, making the combined 600,000-bpd refinery the largest in the US before a chemical accident forced its main crude distillation unit to close.

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By BEN LEFEBVRE

Motiva Enterprises will restart its 325,000-bpd refineryexpansion in Port Arthur, Texas, as
early as next week after repairing a unit that broke down days
after its June start-up, a source familiar with the plant said
Wednesday.

The restart brings a major fuel supply source back to the
Gulf Coast, where gasoline and diesel exports to Latin American
and Europe are growing.

Motiva, a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi
Arabian Oil Co., opened the $10 billion expansion in late May, making the
combined 600,000-bpd refinery the largest in the US
before a chemical accident forced the closure of its main crude
distillation unit.

Workers were being called back to the expansion plant, which
would likely start operations next week, the source said.
Motiva had last said that it would restart the refinery expansion in early 2013.

A Motiva spokeswoman was not immediately available for
comment.

The refinery was built to process heavy
sour crudes, possibly from Canada, as well as light, sweet oil
that could be transported from west and south Texas.

Dow Jones Newswires

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